Hebrews 11:38

in. The texts read epi. App-104.

dens. Greek. spelaion. See Luke 19:46.

caves. Greek. ope. Only here and James 3:11 (place).

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Of whom the world was not worthy — It did not deserve so great a blessing. They wandered — Being driven out from men.

³⁸ (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

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